Across five Aprils

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Irene Hunt: Across five Aprils (Paperback, 1965, Tempo Books)

mass market paperback, 190 pages

English language

Published Jan. 2, 1965 by Tempo Books.

ISBN:
978-0-441-00317-4
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OCLC Number:
41003866

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Each successful spring brings a young Illinois boy closer to manhood as he faces the harsh realities of the American Civil War.

31 editions

Literally the worst book I have ever sat through.

20 years later, I still have a visceral response to this book from a class. You will be more entertained watching paint dry. The story is about a boy on a farm during the Civil War. Nothing happens, because it's far away from the war. Agonising.

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Subjects

  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction